A Political Scientist's Trivial Pursuit

Plenty of people know that John F. Kennedy served on the House
of Representatives committee that oversees the District of
Columbia. But Garrison Nelson is among the few who can tell you,
without peeking on the Internet, how many years Kennedy served on
that panel: six.

The University of Vermont political scientist also knows how
long John McCormack served on the House Ways and Means Committee
before being chosen as majority leader (10), and he can say with
certainty how many